State of Progress
Pragmatic articles on software development and management
LOGIC is hiring a Web Developer
We are thrilled to announce that we are looking to hire a Web Developer at LOGIC. LOGIC is the company through which and are pursuing exciting projects.
The role of software
A few weeks ago I ordered a cab through an app to get me back to my hotel from a visit at a friend's house in London. Two peculiar things happened at this moment. First, the driver pretended to pick me up and then completed the ride immediately, so they could get the minimum £4 tariff — I will not deal with this right now. Next, the app charged me an additional £15 “technology fee” — that is what I want to talk about.
LOGIC is hiring a Junior Web Developer
nior Web Developer at LOGIC, the new company through which and are pursuing exciting projects.
Putting a price on decisions
A whole lot of things happen at work these days — mostly good ones. As a result, I need to take more and more decisions day by day and the fear of can always creep in.
The Minimum Viable Product virtue
I love the idea of the minimum viable product. Identifying what is absolutely necessary for launching a new viable product and building it timely with discipline within a tight timeframe is a virtue.
Don’t surround yourself with people better than you
There is this postmodern motivational advice that I seriously despise; “Surround yourself with people better than you”. What disgusts me more about it, is how it cultivates parasitic personalities and camouflaged egocentrism. Fuck that!
Relinquish control
A fundamental skill in software development is realising when you have to relinquish control and actually doing it.
Welcoming ≠ Accepting
Yesterday I witnessed impolite behavior by an contributor. The issue started when they voluntarily opened up a Pull Request that we were skeptical about accepting.
Hype is ruining software
Every so often, I see developers getting excited about something new that just came up. This can be anything from a new machine learning tool to a front-end framework, containers, lambdas etc.
Polish it
It’s been lots of years since I found any new app and enjoyed using it.
The Modest User Interface Manifesto
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how things can go wrong when creating a user interface.